A BIRD TELLS PINOCCHIO THAT THE FOX AND THE CAT TOOK HIS MONEY

Pinocchio went back to the town and waited
there for twenty minutes. Then it was time to go
back. But when he came to the field, he saw nothing. There was no tree there with gold pieces
on it.

Suddenly somebody laughed. Pinocchio looked
up and saw a bird in a tree.

“Why did you laugh?” asked Pinocchio. “What’s
the matter?"

“I laughed at those silly boys who think that
money can grow on trees in the fields.”

“I don’t understand you,” said the puppet.

“Then listen to me,” said the bird. “When you
were in the town, the Fox and the Cat came back
to the field. They took your money and ran away.
Try and catch them if you can."

Pinocchio stood there in the field with his
mouth open.

Then he took the earth out of the hole with his
hands, but there was no money there.